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states. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and here later tonight for the president's state of the union address. and again on the "newshour" tomorrow evening. for now, thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: bank of america. ♪ >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. pacific life. grant thornton. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributio
states. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and here later tonight for the president's state of the union address. and again on the "newshour" tomorrow evening. for now, thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: bank of america. ♪ >> this is the engine that connects abundant...
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it is not just the united states, it is all over the world. tavis: speaking not just being the united states, you mentioned this film you knew was commercial but i don't know if you could have known how successful it would be. this was a film that got the attention of hollywood. you didn't spend a lot of money doing this. didn't -- then played cash. >> it did worldwide a lot of cash and still is. this blu-ray will now go out around the world. i have been taking it with me to a degree on many of the of the events i have gone to but unfortunately sony didn't get it ready enough for me to pack a few with me. and now it is out. it is a better way of looking at this -- this film. because today with these great high definition screens, you get a chance to get the feel of -- when we had in the theater in 1969. tavis: what made it resonate around the world. it is an american story in some ways. yet it resonated around the world, why? >> there was an unrest with all of the young people at the time. and you know, there was of course the stuff that was g
it is not just the united states, it is all over the world. tavis: speaking not just being the united states, you mentioned this film you knew was commercial but i don't know if you could have known how successful it would be. this was a film that got the attention of hollywood. you didn't spend a lot of money doing this. didn't -- then played cash. >> it did worldwide a lot of cash and still is. this blu-ray will now go out around the world. i have been taking it with me to a degree on...
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the two best marketing words in the united states are "free" and "all you can eat." people love that. so they love free checking, and it brought in a lot of customers that didn't have a checking account before. >> bergman: so why not offer them free checking... >> right. >> bergman: ...and pick up the money... >> other ways. >> bergman: the concept of paying overdrafts-- loaning customers money when their accounts are empty-- quickly caught on at banks across america because it was so profitable. and those profits exploded when the banks began to attach debit cards to those free checking accounts, producing billions of dollars in revenue. they don't charge a fee to give you a debit card? >> they're free until you make a mistake, and then you pay dearly. >> it's just easy when you have a debit card to use it, but one month i didn't get the deposit from my tenant, and i didn't realize it. i bought a small pizza for $7 and ended up getting charged a $33 fee. so it ended up being a $40 pizza. >> bergman: the bank covered the $7 dollar pizza purchase even though her accou
the two best marketing words in the united states are "free" and "all you can eat." people love that. so they love free checking, and it brought in a lot of customers that didn't have a checking account before. >> bergman: so why not offer them free checking... >> right. >> bergman: ...and pick up the money... >> other ways. >> bergman: the concept of paying overdrafts-- loaning customers money when their accounts are empty-- quickly caught on...
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how is the united states and china... >> we're not doing well. >> rose: the people at copenhagen. >> well, they didn't do it. they didn't do it at all. the only substantial agreement coming out of copenhagen is on avoided deforest station. which is a good step. but now it has to be funded. people have to step up to the plate. and what we're talking about here is the remaining tropical forests which are mostly in the tropical belt around the equator are some of the most underdeveloped countries in the world. we need the standing forest to clean the air. >> rose: right. >> the planet needs that. as well, these forests are... the reservoirs are some of the last remaining biodiversity complicated interrelated sections of biological life. if those people are not... do not have another economic incentive, they're going to have to cut the trees and sell them to... >> rose: or for fuel or something else. >> and what they do is they cut the trees and they plant low-yield crops, subsistence farming. and then they burn the crop residues and that... the... and they burn the forest as well to cle
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it's $4500 of dealt for every man, whom and child in the united states. >> susie: so it's no wonder he called it daunting. and it's going to be daunting for president obama too to explain to the american public how he's going to cut that deficit and create jobs at the same time. stephanie dhue reports. >> reporter: c.b.o. directors aren't known for hyperbole. the man in the job now, doug elmendorf, is blunt. >> the outlook for the federal budget is bleak. >> reporter: that's why president obama is expected to use tomorrow's state of the union speech to propose a freeze on some domestic spending. untouched would be defense spending, social security, medicare, and medicaid. the move could save $250 billion, but it would hardly dent a projected $6 trillion deficit over the next decade. >> it would be a step in the right direction, but a small step. >> reporter: evan bayh and john mccain want to freeze earmarks, create a deficit reduction account, and give the president a line-item veto. senator bayh hopes the move could change voters' minds about government. >> we have to stand with those
it's $4500 of dealt for every man, whom and child in the united states. >> susie: so it's no wonder he called it daunting. and it's going to be daunting for president obama too to explain to the american public how he's going to cut that deficit and create jobs at the same time. stephanie dhue reports. >> reporter: c.b.o. directors aren't known for hyperbole. the man in the job now, doug elmendorf, is blunt. >> the outlook for the federal budget is bleak. >> reporter:...
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health insurance companies in the united states. that would seem to be a lot of competition to me to have 1,300 health insurance companies to have the federal government create one more company, the federal government, as big as it is, then we would have 1,301 companies in the united states selling health insurance. how many policy varieties do we have? well, madam speaker, that number falls in the area of 100,000 possible policy varieties out there in the market plates. 1,300 companies and 100,000 policies to choose from if you could buy from across state lines. that would be too much liberty for an american to have. so instead, he would want to impose a single payer and said he was for single payer plan which would be a federal health insurance plan to supplant or replace all 1,300 companies and 100,000 companies with the beautiful federal government offerings that would be adequate for anybody in america and satisfy all of us if we just weren't enlightened yet seems to be the message we are hearing from the white house. we find o
health insurance companies in the united states. that would seem to be a lot of competition to me to have 1,300 health insurance companies to have the federal government create one more company, the federal government, as big as it is, then we would have 1,301 companies in the united states selling health insurance. how many policy varieties do we have? well, madam speaker, that number falls in the area of 100,000 possible policy varieties out there in the market plates. 1,300 companies and...
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neither can the united states of america. it's time we stand upped and say no to a bill -- up and say no to a bill like this. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, another member of the natural resources committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. i had the privilege of hearing the esteemed economist, art laffer, who is credited for bringing the united states out of the worse recession than we're in right now by overcoming double-digit inflation, double-digit unemployment and double-digit interest rates and he did it by cutting taxes. art laffer, and, of course, we know taxes are going to jump
neither can the united states of america. it's time we stand upped and say no to a bill -- up and say no to a bill like this. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield one...
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. >> president obama just announced a freeze on spending in the united states and the government raised the rates which is how fiscal stimulus in the united kingdom -- the governor of the bank of england said president obama's proposal is much more serious than the prime minister's. he couldn't think of anyone internationally who was enthusiastic about the prime minister's ideas. the third aspect of banking reform, a growing content that the only sensible banks have the ability and know-how to maintain proper supervision of the banks. the prime minister took that power from the bank of england in 1997 and created a system that failed. given countries like the united states and germany who want their banks to have more responsibility for banking supervision will the government change that policy and adopt that approach as well? >> what america has been doing is dealing with a very fragmented situation of regulation which has no fewer than eight regulators. we have rationalized the system of regulation. the organizations have the right powers within the right framework and that is what th
. >> president obama just announced a freeze on spending in the united states and the government raised the rates which is how fiscal stimulus in the united kingdom -- the governor of the bank of england said president obama's proposal is much more serious than the prime minister's. he couldn't think of anyone internationally who was enthusiastic about the prime minister's ideas. the third aspect of banking reform, a growing content that the only sensible banks have the ability and...
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that bill, as you know, is pending in the united states senate. it is not only essential to those making good faith effort to find work but a direct spark to local economies. the bill will help us build roads, lay tracks and upgrade water systems and more. some of the best ways to create good-paying jobs. building needed infrastructure. it is critical the bill gets taken to the president's job as soon as possible. in the last administration, turned a massive surplus into record deficits. on today's right, fiscal denial accuracy deficit. meanwhile the country is rightfully worried that washington is spending too much money. democrats get it and we will do something about it. our country faces hard choices. it can no longer and no longer should be put off. so we're working to pass a strong pay as you go legislation, which is as we speak being considered in the senate this week because the pledge to pay for what we buy is a proven deficit reduce you are. president obama has announced a freeze of discretionary spending which will require us to choose
that bill, as you know, is pending in the united states senate. it is not only essential to those making good faith effort to find work but a direct spark to local economies. the bill will help us build roads, lay tracks and upgrade water systems and more. some of the best ways to create good-paying jobs. building needed infrastructure. it is critical the bill gets taken to the president's job as soon as possible. in the last administration, turned a massive surplus into record deficits. on...
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states with this state on the possibility of military action involving the united kingdom and the primm investor was well aware as i was that as i say the reaction for regime change could not be an object of a british foreign policy. and is not going to be disguised as an object of foreign policy. >> he argued in a different sense for quite some time the chicago speech which has been already in our evidence and those consistent lines of argument which went through the speech he made at the college station in texas to stuff for the crawford meeting and his continued to this date. his interview, 13th of december with britain in which he was asked if you know and then weapons of mass destruction would you still have gone on and he said i would still have got it right to remove him meeting to be coming saddam hussein. he then said i would have to use different arguments. we've heard from other witnesses how this scene of our demand on the regime change had been cemented if you like by the fact that it appeared to succeed in kosovo, ca kelly down and indeed with afghanistan at this stage. di
states with this state on the possibility of military action involving the united kingdom and the primm investor was well aware as i was that as i say the reaction for regime change could not be an object of a british foreign policy. and is not going to be disguised as an object of foreign policy. >> he argued in a different sense for quite some time the chicago speech which has been already in our evidence and those consistent lines of argument which went through the speech he made at...
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., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi galstein. the chaplain: our god and god of all of all of our ancestors, we ask that the light of your presence guide the hearts and linds of the leaders of this great nation gathered here today. may the wisdom of your teachings guide them to act for justice and to lift up the stranger, the orphan and the widow. open the hearts of our leaders with your compassion. help them to lead with integrity always remembering that your wisdom resides in every heart as the deepest truth of our humanity. may our leaders always remember that your guidance is not in the heavens alone nor far beyond the seas but within each of us, in our mouths and in our hearts to carry into action in the world. may our leaders, therefore, serve as beacons
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you know, we're not going to leave unanswered charges against the united states of america. and the kind of work that we do every single day. that has to be going forward, what becomes the norm, not the exception. we have a story to tell. we have an important message to deliver, and we need every single person to be part of that. so going forward, we're going to look in a very clear-eyed way pat what we do well, what we could improve on, but to make sure that the extraordinary story that the united states has to tell is presented forcefully and effectively in every corner of the world. before i take your questions, i want to review a few important areas of progress since i first met with you a year ago over in the c-street foyier. you know, we begin with the idea of smart power and the goal of elevating diplomacy and element and making them partners with defense. i'm please indeed owe far we've come in doing that. our budgets demonstrate both the commitment of the administration and congress to this vision commitment to this vision. we've reached tout powers and pursued cons
you know, we're not going to leave unanswered charges against the united states of america. and the kind of work that we do every single day. that has to be going forward, what becomes the norm, not the exception. we have a story to tell. we have an important message to deliver, and we need every single person to be part of that. so going forward, we're going to look in a very clear-eyed way pat what we do well, what we could improve on, but to make sure that the extraordinary story that the...
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ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of a)@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ >> i don't think i know anything that has frustrated me more than to develop over a period of years adequate ticket -- adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing in my mind is the ability to detect nuclear materials. i don't think we have spent a lot of money at that. this goes back well before 9/11. but we still have not come up with it. so i think that there has to be a crash effort, if you will, in research and development in the scientific community to develop better technology here. the hijackers got on those airplanes in at 911 with four- inch blade knives. they knew you could not get on with eight-inch blades. these people are very sophisticated about our vulnerabilities. and whenever we make a change, they begin to adopt -- they begin to adapt to it. so the technology has to try to keep out in front. i personally do n
ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of a)@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ >> i don't think i know anything that has frustrated me more than to develop over a period of years adequate ticket -- adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing in my mind is the ability to detect nuclear materials. i don't think we have spent a lot of money at that. this goes back well...
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but not only the united states gained from us. venezuela, gran colombia, including colombia, venezuela, and ecuador. left for an haiti with men, weapons, both to go liberate those places. and to show his gratitude towards haiti, the venezuelan flag is the haitian flag with the yellow band on top. but you know, that was a bad example. black slaves rising up against the white masters and beating them, even though we benefit in the united states primates and even though we benefit in all of south america. no, you shouldn't do that. for 16 years, haiti was under embargo and i say if you want to know how haiti got so poor, go look at what is beginning. i'm not going to absolve the leadership of haiti also. that has been predatory. i have been fighting against them since i can remember. but, a new day is coming to haiti and it began back in 2006, with the election of a president who won with about 51% of the vote and he turned around to the 49% that were not with him, the way his opponents and from the 49% he got some good ministers for
but not only the united states gained from us. venezuela, gran colombia, including colombia, venezuela, and ecuador. left for an haiti with men, weapons, both to go liberate those places. and to show his gratitude towards haiti, the venezuelan flag is the haitian flag with the yellow band on top. but you know, that was a bad example. black slaves rising up against the white masters and beating them, even though we benefit in the united states primates and even though we benefit in all of south...
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ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of transportation that says it is fine for tsa to be doing this, but it will not have any impact on the kind of thing that we saw with the christmas pa bomber? give me your reaction on how technology can be used and how we can get other countries to use it. >> do not know anything that has frustrated me personally more than the inability over a period of years to develop adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing, in my mind, is the inability to detect nuclear materials. and knowing and spend a lot of money at that. this is a problem that goes back well before 9/11. but we still have not come up with it. so i think there has to be a crash effort, if you will, in the search and development in the scientific community to develop better technology here. the hijackers got on those airplanes in at 911 with four- inch blade knives. they knew you could not get on wit
ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of transportation that says it is fine for tsa to be doing this, but it will not have any impact on the kind of thing that we saw with the christmas pa bomber? give me your reaction on how technology can be used and how we can get other countries to use it. >> do not know anything that has frustrated me personally more than the inability...
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over the last several years, it was beginning to make progress in association with the united states which really had been looking at haiti for the last year, more businesses were coming here, there was more investment. one of the main industries, which is the gaman industry, was really beginning to thrive. it was on the verge of thriving. there are special u.s. congressional legislation which allowed tariff-free, duty-free import of clothes into the united states. there is a big boon for employment here and the economy here. that now has to get back on its feet again. the government, its buildings were collapsed. many, many members of the government were killed. it's barely reconstituted itself in a former police headquarters near the airport. the government is not showing to the people that it's in charge, that it's not getting out there and delivering its message. i spoke to a former prime minister that said on the day of the earthquake or afterwards, i would have asked the united states or the international donors to give me six huge tents, put them outside the damaged or destroy
over the last several years, it was beginning to make progress in association with the united states which really had been looking at haiti for the last year, more businesses were coming here, there was more investment. one of the main industries, which is the gaman industry, was really beginning to thrive. it was on the verge of thriving. there are special u.s. congressional legislation which allowed tariff-free, duty-free import of clothes into the united states. there is a big boon for...
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haiti helped united states to be what it is. but were it not for haiti, you probably would be speaking french on the west side of the mississippi now. the 13 states that form the louisiana territory, we in haiti helped it happen by defeating the in a poleion troops there in haiti. but qua did the united states gain from us? venezuela, colombia, venezuela and ecuador. left from haiti with men, weapons, boats, to liberate those places. and to show his gratitude toward haiti, the ven wail and flag is the haitian flag, the yellow flag on top. black slaves rising up against the white masters and beating them even though benefiting the united states from it, even though we benefit from south america. no, you shouldn't do that. 60 years haiti was under embargo. if you want to know how haiti got support, look at its beginnings. i'm go not going to and solve the leadership of haiti also. it has been predatory. i have been fighting against them since i can remember. but a new day is coming to haiti and it began back in 2006 with the elect
haiti helped united states to be what it is. but were it not for haiti, you probably would be speaking french on the west side of the mississippi now. the 13 states that form the louisiana territory, we in haiti helped it happen by defeating the in a poleion troops there in haiti. but qua did the united states gain from us? venezuela, colombia, venezuela and ecuador. left from haiti with men, weapons, boats, to liberate those places. and to show his gratitude toward haiti, the ven wail and flag...
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and still we managed to t a majority in the unit states senate. i think that ss there is momeum building behind the idea we have goto deal with the debt threat fang this cotry. >> woodruff: sator greg, what do you y to members of your own par who voted against thisecause they said it would havlikely led to a x increase. >> i say you have to havmore confidence in our membship. i mean 8 of the members apinted from the congress are going toe republican membs. they were ing to be appoind by senator mcconnell e republican leader here in the senate and four byouse member boeer, the republican lead er in t house. i'm sure they wodn't put people on thisommission who would underme the basic republican phisophy and how you approachax policy just like i don't expect eaker pelosi or speaker reed tdo at in the area of, say, social security. that's why this commission would have been succesul because you would have h pele at the table first who understand t issues which is very important and whoave a commitment to doing sothing about the issues but also wh carr
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it needs to be understood that united states monetary policy tended to address issues in the united states and countries concerned about that have their own tools to address bubbles in their own economy including their own monetary policy and fiscal policy and supervisory policy. it is not the united states's responsibility to make sure there are no misalignments where those countries have their own tools to address them. >> close contact with you and others, emerging -- >> i will stay on the point that senator dodd has raised. there are certain synergies with regulation of financial firms and the conduct of monetary policy and the last resort function. if we were to go back and review the minutes and transcripts of all the meetings between 2003, and 2008 i wonder what fraction of the time was devoted to the issues in supervision and regulation in the holding company's, was it half the time? was a fourth of the time? in other words give us your judgment on that. >> click me take that back. we talked about it quite a bit because of the financial crisis but it depends on the situation. there
it needs to be understood that united states monetary policy tended to address issues in the united states and countries concerned about that have their own tools to address bubbles in their own economy including their own monetary policy and fiscal policy and supervisory policy. it is not the united states's responsibility to make sure there are no misalignments where those countries have their own tools to address them. >> close contact with you and others, emerging -- >> i will...
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i know the united states has to protect itself but we have some serious domestic terrorism within our own borders. and i am not talking about the mexicans with arabs but you have a right wing conservative supreme test groups that are tearing but country apart. they got to shut that down. host: gorman beach, -- normandy beach, florida. caller: i want president obama to define who we are on the scene. i'm fromq a blue-collar automotive family and it was called the arsenal of democracy. i heard that americans only do three good things -- they do hollywood, marketing of gizmos and gadgets, and financing -- who and what are we as americans? we know we are -- if you know who you are, you know what we do? what are we on the world stage. the largest public works in the history of humankind, the interstate system. i saw a proposal -- and oregon's senator -- is that in for structure that is already there, we had easement, right away. host: patrick from san francisco. caller: i want to thank c-span from doing what you do. i used to watch the far right and far left just to figure out. then i star
i know the united states has to protect itself but we have some serious domestic terrorism within our own borders. and i am not talking about the mexicans with arabs but you have a right wing conservative supreme test groups that are tearing but country apart. they got to shut that down. host: gorman beach, -- normandy beach, florida. caller: i want president obama to define who we are on the scene. i'm fromq a blue-collar automotive family and it was called the arsenal of democracy. i heard...
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many states in the united states today don't apparently agree with this concept or apparently with the founders of the constitution on that idea. more than 80 percent, if you look across the country, at all state and local judges, i guess that includes justices of the peace and the whole crew, 80 percent of them have to win a political election to gain the office or to stay there. i suppose it is not all that surprising because the polls today also show that a majority of americans say they want to let ect their judges. you ask them, they say yes. but the point is public support for judicial alexian's is a system of the weakening of the judicial independence in this country. it is not a reason for it to. now, the actors and states that elect judges, we know, also, are more cynical about the courts. they are more likely to believe that judges legislate from the bench. they are less likely to believe that judges are fair and impartial. it is this distrust of the judiciary that makes investors more inclined to elect their judges rather than to look at another system of appointment. and if
many states in the united states today don't apparently agree with this concept or apparently with the founders of the constitution on that idea. more than 80 percent, if you look across the country, at all state and local judges, i guess that includes justices of the peace and the whole crew, 80 percent of them have to win a political election to gain the office or to stay there. i suppose it is not all that surprising because the polls today also show that a majority of americans say they...
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we created the ohio department of veterans affairs, veterans services to unite all our state veterans programs into one cabinet department. with the ohio g.i. promise, ohio became the first state in the nation to open its doors and the doors of our state universities and colleges with free tuition for veterans from across the country. we've made military pensions free of state income tax. so let these policies send a clear message to everyone who has worn this nation's uniform. heroes are welcome in ohio. [applause] >> so today in honor of all the servicemen and women from ohio who are bravely serving us, i would like you to join in a moment of silent reflection. let us pray for their safe return and for the comfort and strength of those who have suffered loss or injury. [silence] >> thank you. i'm proud today to say that in assembling a cabinet and in appointing judges, no ohio governor has ever chosen applicants who better reflect the great diversity of this great state. and women now hold half of the seats in my cabinet. [applause] >> among the 40 judicial vacancies that i filled,
we created the ohio department of veterans affairs, veterans services to unite all our state veterans programs into one cabinet department. with the ohio g.i. promise, ohio became the first state in the nation to open its doors and the doors of our state universities and colleges with free tuition for veterans from across the country. we've made military pensions free of state income tax. so let these policies send a clear message to everyone who has worn this nation's uniform. heroes are...
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i would asked, how could he have been a threat to the united states in the future based on these extremist ties, but not a sufficient current threat to caused his visa to be revoked? that defies logic and common sense. finally, despite the president's authority to hold abdulmutallab as an enemy belligerent and subject him to a thorough interrogation for intelligence purposes, the department of justice as we learned in our last hearing unilaterally decided to treat him as a common criminal, as an american citizen, advise him of his right to remain silent, and grant him a lawyer at taxpayers' expense. it is outrageous carnations top intelligence officials were never even consulted on this vital decision. senator lieberman and i introduced a bill last week to try to prevent that from ever happening again. my point is that the president's must empower his senior officials to use every authority available to them to defeat the terrorist threat. doing so does not require action by congress. that is not to say that further reforms are not needed. correcting those problems is possible under the cr
i would asked, how could he have been a threat to the united states in the future based on these extremist ties, but not a sufficient current threat to caused his visa to be revoked? that defies logic and common sense. finally, despite the president's authority to hold abdulmutallab as an enemy belligerent and subject him to a thorough interrogation for intelligence purposes, the department of justice as we learned in our last hearing unilaterally decided to treat him as a common criminal, as...